Pierluigi Pinto (born 22 September 1998) is an Italian football player. He plays as a defender for Serie C Group B club Carrarese.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1998-09-22) 22 September 1998 (age 23) | ||
| Place of birth | Brindisi, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.88 cm (6ft 2in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Carrarese | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 0000–2018 | Fiorentina | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2021 | Fiorentina | 0 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Arezzo (loan) | 32 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | → Salernitana (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Bari (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Teramo | 21 | (0) |
| 2022– | Carrarese | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 April 2022 | |||
Born in Brindisi, Pinto was a youth exponent of Fiorentina.
On 13 July 2018, Pinto and Luca Mosti were loaned to Serie C club Arezzo on a season-long loan deal.[1] On 16 September he made his professional debut, in Serie C, for Arezzo in a 1–0 away win over Lucchese, he played the entire match.[2] He became Arezzo's first-choice early in the season. From September 2018 to March 2019 he played 29 consecutive entire matches until he was replaced by Lorenzo Burzigotti in the 57th minute of a 3–0 away defeat against Carrarese.[3] Pinto ended his season-long to Arezzo with 37 appearances, including 36 as a starter, and he helped the club to reach the qurter-finals of the play-off, however the lost 4–2 on aggregate against Pisa.[4]
On 29 August 2019, Pinto joined Serie B club Salernitana on loan with an option to purchase.[5] Three months later, on 2 November, Pinto made his debut for the club and in Serie B as a starter in a 2–1 home win over Virtus Entella, he was replaced by Paweł Jaroszyński after 85 minutes.[6] Four weeks later, on 30 November, he played his first entire match for the club, a 1–1 home draw against Ascoli.[7] In January 2020, his loan was terminated and he returned to Fiorentina leaving Salernitana with only 4 appearances, but all as a starter, remaining an unused substitute for 13 other matches during the loan.[4]
On 31 January 2020, Pinto was loaned to Serie C club Bari.[8] However he remained always an unused substitute without playing any match for the club.[4]
He did not play in the 2020–21 season and his contract with Fiorentina ended at the end of the season.
On 12 November 2021, he signed with Serie C club Teramo.[9]
On 11 July 2022, Pinto signed a two-year contract with Carrarese.[10]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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| League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Arezzo (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie C | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 37 | 0 | |
| Salernitana (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| Bari (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie C | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Teramo | 2021–22 | Serie C | 18 | 0 | — | — | — | 18 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | 59 | 0 | |||
Carrarese Calcio – current squad | |
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